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EFHA International Conference 2022
Wordings
The Language of Fashion Heritage
In cultural heritage, words matter. We use them to identify artefacts and the techniques and people they represent; to describe artefacts and their meaning; to reactivate stories, re-evaluate power structures, signal moments of disruption and change. Words are tools to catalogue objects when they enter museum, brand and private collections, and vehicles to deliver ideas and instances embodied by objects to wide and diverse audiences.
The conference wants to look at words - their social value, the complexities connected to their changing meaning and their historical and cultural context, and their ‘life’ as curatorial tools - in museological practices. We open the floor to scholars and practitioners and welcome papers that reflect on the relationship between fashion heritage and language, re-evaluating collections to individuate gaps, highlight inconsistencies and identify old biases, to ultimately reshape the way objects are preserved in words.
Download the full Call for Papers here
Deadlines:
The deadline for submissions is 19th August 2022, and accepted speakers will be notified by 19th September 2022.
The symposium will take place online on 24th - 25th November 2022.
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